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|    Message 912 of 2,155    |
|    Shadowheart to Fireball    |
|    Re: Internet 2.0    |
|    02 Mar 13 22:08:00    |
       Re: Re: Internet 2.0        By: Fireball to Jeff.Clayton on Sat Mar 02 2013 12:19 pm               > > What are your thoughts about better control by governments over a new        > > improved version of the WWW? Do you believe each person who has any acces        > > to the WWW must have an approved user I.D.? Do you agree all users must         > > approved by a governing authority like the U.N. before you can run a web        > > site or register a domain? How about those taxes the progressives want to        > > levy on you for each e- mail, purchase and just for being alive?        > > A life devoid of integrity and fairness is no life at all!        > > MGH AKA Jeff Clayton        > >        >         > Yeah, no. If this would ever happen, you can expect there to be many        > underground darknets created and running separate from the net 2.0. There ar        > too many Fascist governments who want control, and it's pretty scary what th        > would do with that power.        >         > Heh, I already get taxed on my Internet services. Good luck tracking every        > single email sent. Again, all it takes is someone to run email servers on        > alternate ports and begin their own email system.        >         > On the other hand, of it ever does happen, I would think that it would creat        > a need for independent BBSes again. Running ftp and an obscure dns network        > would probably just about get messages there almost as fast as regular email        >         > Just my thoughts...        >         > -=Fireball=-        >        If that cinerio did come into existance, it would be in china, and you would       see a resurge in the dial up BBS area because that is kinda how it was before       net 1.0 SysOps really only had to wory about abiding by local laws.       Cincinnati for instance was a conservitive area and located in Hamilton       County. the Hamilton county sherifs department was routinely conducting BBS       stings like Dateline does to catch a preditor and pornography. porn was any       pictuure nude. the sherif was nationaly famous for shutting down the       Maplethorp photographic art show in the cincinnati art museum because of       child porn and nude photograps of men and wwoment soing fifty shades of gray       things like fisting. it was all meant as controvercial art but the sherif       wasn't having it.              Respectfully,       Michael       ShadowHeart       The Savage Empire BBS       tsebbs.com              ---        þ Synchronet þ The Savage Empire BBS - tsebbs.com        * Origin: Time Warp of the Future BBS - Home of League 10 (1:340/400)    |
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